This one-semester Psychology course for high school juniors and seniors is divided into five major units, each covered in three weeks. The overall conceptual objective is to help the interested and academically capable student to develop a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of human nature. Sub-objectives are stated within each unit.…

The home economics curriculum for the Fort Benton school system was designed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to help students develop into successful homemakers, family members, and/or wage earners. Major objectives of the curriculum are the improvement and strengthening of home, family, and community…

The agri-industry curriculum for the Fort Benton school system was developed with funds under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the vocational technology curricula to develop skills and attitudes that will permit students to find satisfaction and success in their careers. The curriculum consists of agri-industry…

Information concerning Project English, which is being carried out at 14 universities and 1 State Department of Education through the support of the Office of Education, is provided in summary format. Project English is concerned with the development of English curriculum for Grades K through 12 and with the development of curriculum for…

A description is presented of the Farmers' Functional Literacy Project, a component of the integrated program of Farmers' Training and Functional Literacy. The project consisted of three regional workshops and a national workshop. The regional workshops were organized to allow officers to review progress and prospects of the programs, exchange…

The nature and content of art education are described. This Framework, directed to teachers, curriculum specialists, and school administrators, is intended to help school districts improve and expand their art programs and to develop curriculum materials that are suitable to each district's needs, interests, and capacities. Presented are…

EXERCISES AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS TO HELP STUDENTS INTERPRET MEANING WHEN THEY READ AND TO MAKE MEANINGS CLEAR AND PRECISE WHEN THEY WRITE OR SPEAK FORM THE BASIS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS SUGGESTED IN THIS THREE-PART TEACHER'S CURRICULUM GUIDE ON RHETORIC FOR NINTH-GRADERS. THE FIRST PART DEALT WITH WORDS, MEANINGS, AND CONTEXTS, AND EMPHASIZED…

VARIOUS FORMS OF PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND EXPANSION, AND THE SINGLE-BASE AND DOUBLE-BASE TRANSFORMATIONS WERE INCLUDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS GRAMMAR REVIEW GUIDE FOR NINTH-GRADERS. THE REVIEW COVERED INDIRECT OBJECT VERBS, TRANSITIVE VERBS, DETERMINERS, DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES, IMPERATIVES, NEGATIVES, AND CONTRACTIONS AND WAS BASED…

SUGGESTIONS WERE OFFERED IN THIS TEACHER'S GUIDE FOR VARIOUS APPROACHES IN REVIEWING GRAMMAR PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO NINTH-GRADE STUDENTS. THE GRAMMAR REVIEW COVERED PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES, TRANSITIVE VERBS, DETERMINERS, INTERROGATIVES, AND NEGATIVES. WHILE THE EXERCISES IN THE STUDENT VERSION WERE MEANT TO BE WRITTEN, THE TEACHER'S GUIDE…

THIS BULLETIN DEFINES THE INTENT OF PRACTICAL ARTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AS PROVIDING THE RETARDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDINGS, VALUES, ATTITUDES, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCES LEADING TO SOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL YEARS. THE PRACTICAL IDEAS AND CURRICULAR SUGGESTIONS ARE GROUPED--(1) HOME ARTS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING THE SKILLS OF…

This document presents the rationale for and the curriculum for a workshop for part-time faculty, particularly faculty in occupational areas who are skilled professionals in their occupational fields but have had no formal instruction in current teaching techniques. While this curriculum is tailored to the specific needs of Seminole Community…

This book describes courses on women's studies for the high school curriculum in literature and language and in history and social studies. Based on the women's social movement, women's studies is an alternative curriculum with goals to raise student consciousness about sexist curricula and society, compensate for the omission of women from…

This section describes the first of a three part curriculum in trade electricity-electronics (each part is described in a separate volume). It presents a unit of 6 to 10 weeks duration which develops only those competencies necessary to all electricity or electronics employment. A flow chart indicates how an individual student's program can be…

Prepared to assist agency and university programs in the organization of a program to prepare trainees for employment as audiometric assistants, this guide is intended for use by professional individuals who are familiar with clinical speech and hearing problems. The manual contains five teaching modules, each including training time, objectives,…

The compilation presents 376 resumes of instructional materials for distributive education which have appeared in "Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (AIM/ARM) between 1972 and 1975. (The first edition of the series, containing resumes from 1967 through 1971, is available in the ERIC microfiche…